Larry O’Connor of OWC Talks Tech - a podcast by Other World Computing

Larry O'Connor, Founder and CEO of OWC (Other World Computing) talks tech with Host Cirina Catania—covering Tim Cook's address to the graduating class at Stanford, his thoughts on “giving back,” the new expandable MacPro, eGPU’s and Helios, Envoy 3 SSD's, Thunderbolt and cautionary tales about low-grade USB's.







In This Episode0:16 - Cirina introduces CEO and founder of OWC, Larry O'Connor, who is very involved in the tech and creative world.4:42 - Larry explains why giving back is important to him and his company, OWC.11:26 - Larry excitedly talks about the new Mac Pro and the differences and superior features to its predecessors. 15:44 - Larry discusses the Xeon processor, how it works, and how it is better from other computer processors.21:04 - Larry talks more about modern graphic processing units (GPUs) and how they are more efficient and faster in computers today. 26:07 - Larry explains the difference between USB C and Thunderbolt 3. He reviews which is superior and faster.36:04 - Larry talks about the new products and technologies that excite him and the new solutions they will offer people.43:41 - Cirina and Larry encourage people to check out OWC's website to learn more about Other World Computing and its products.



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I have on the line Larry O'Connor. He is the CEO and founder of one of my favorite companies, Other World Computing. And I say that for many reasons, not just because we are so grateful to them for sponsoring the OWC RADiO, but because they are so involved on many levels in the tech world, in the creative world, and anyone who uses, produces, works with media and needs, just needs technology to back them up. So Larry, thank you from all of us. And thanks for taking the time to do this. I have a ton of questions for you today.



Cool, yeah, well, this is always fun. I enjoy being here. So thanks, again it’s a pleasure.So I know you've been swamped, and you have not had a chance to even see Tim Cook's address to the Stanford Commencement. But I wanted to just give you a few quotes and see if they resonate with you and get your reactions to them because he talked about builders. When I think of Tim Cook and the folks at Apple and companies like that, I always think about you and OWC because what you are doing is for the future. It's for the present too, but it's also for the future, and you're giving back so much. So, it says here, he talks about, and a lot of the press have been covering the fact that he talked about the crisis and chaos. But what he did say, “The blind faith has been shaken a bit.” He says here, “Crisis has tampered optimism. Consequences have challenged idealism, and reality has shaken blind faith. But then it goes on to say, for good reasons, that big dreams live here, as to the genius and passion for making them real. In an age of cynicism, this place still believes that the human capacity to solve problems is boundless.” And I wanted to get your reaction to that.





100%. I mean, progress doesn't come without consequence. And every step forward, you know, there are new challenges that have to be solved. I know they're referring to many things that are going on with different tech companies that have perhaps forgotten their original mission that started and are still based in Silicon Valley. But you know, ultimately there's a lot of good, and it's like every generation has got to deal with the consequences and perhaps the abuse of, say the temptation of, you know, misusing, I don’t know how to say it- next great leap.



Yeah, he goes on to say.Yeah, brilliant words.



I think the speech will go into history as one of our generations’ best, to be honest with you. He brought up so many issues, but he did them so eloquently, and as such a gentleman, I appreciated it. He talked about all the mental effort that it takes to build something. He said, “What's true then is true now.

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